Shooting a Bullet in Space

Defending the US against inter-continental ballistic missile threats requires co...

Shooting a Bullet in Space
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Pvt Matthew Bryan

Learn more about the equipment Matthew uses and why his job is vital to the success of the Army's field artillery team.

My name is Private Matthew Bryan. I am a 13 Delta (13D), which is an Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data Systems Specialist. My main job is to compute tactical firing data for a field artillery unit.

I take the numbers, I feed them into the computer, and I give it to my guys in the Howitzer. Basically what that means is that I tell the guns where to shoot.

When I joined the Army I had no idea that I'd be doing this kind of stuff. I'd been thinking about joining the Army for quite some time. Now that I've done it I have no regrets.

I had other options, but none were as beneficial as what the Army could offer. It just opened a lot of doors for me.

The U.S. Army has taught me teamwork and brotherhood. I can't believe it, a year ago I was sitting at home playing video games. Now I'm living out the scenes I used to play in those games.